. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . better of discretion and was striking out wildly when, on April16th, it deposed James Steele. It was no light matterto unchurch such a man, and the needs-be for resortingto that extreme act of discipline should surely have beenwell considered beforehand. Abundant evidence is forth-coming to show that James Steele was no ordinary historians and Methodist annalists themselves areat one in their acknowledgment that he was a man ofsense and unblemished character, and to whom consider-able deference was paid. They are agreed, to
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . better of discretion and was striking out wildly when, on April16th, it deposed James Steele. It was no light matterto unchurch such a man, and the needs-be for resortingto that extreme act of discipline should surely have beenwell considered beforehand. Abundant evidence is forth-coming to show that James Steele was no ordinary historians and Methodist annalists themselves areat one in their acknowledgment that he was a man ofsense and unblemished character, and to whom consider-able deference was paid. They are agreed, too, that hewas a strong man, born to rule and to command, whowherever he might be, would have to be reckoned insist upon regarding him as the man of the newmovement. They know there are others who are active^ JAMES STEELE, TUNSTALL. but as if by one consent they fix their eyes upon their unacquaintance with our Church phraseology they fall back upon an unusualand even foreign word, and speak of him as having been the directeur of the young. SOUKCES AND ORIGIN. 107 ^- k^S
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